Dr. Tianbing Qian (TQ) is Chief Transformation Officer at Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services, an international transportation service leader which is the largest short-line railroad operator in US and a top freight rail provider in UK. A customer focused leader with transformational experience across transportation, manufacturing, and high tech, TQ leverages technology, process excellence, and information management to enhance business performance at global companies. Track records of building high performing global organizations, simultaneously improving business capabilities & IT efficiency, migrating complex legacy environments into scalable platforms, improving cyber security, executing M&A, and delivering large-scale innovative solutions with financial results & competitive edge across sales/marketing, e-Commerce, product development, supply chain, manufacturing, transportation/logistics, quality, safety, back-office process, & SAP/Oracle/Microsoft ERPs.Skilled for cross-functional collaboration to drive company-wide changes, TQ has been on senior leadership teams for Sales/Marketing, Operations/Supply Chain, Finance, and Corporate Executive Team. He partners with C-Level Leaders to create strategies with buy-in, mobilizes transformation momentum, fosters lean continuous improvement, and works with customers to enhance value propositions & experience.A data scientist by training, TQ created award-winning analytics teams that combined optimization, machine Learning & IT to turn data into value-add insight. With 10+ years as chief IT architect at global companies, TQ has implemented numerous scalable & flexible platforms with track record of value creation using digital - including Cloud, Big Data Analytics, Mobile, & IoT.A lifelong learner, TQ holds 3 advanced degrees and completed executive training in Leadership, Change Management, and Finance. He speaks frequently at industry conferences and is active in university collaboration.